🇸🇦 Saudi Media, Arab News:
— "Explosion targets convoy of US forces in Diwaniyah, southern Iraq: Al-Arabiya"
https://twitter.com/arabnews/status/1311635603797225472

#Russia #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: More armed Ultras have released photos, this time from "FC Metalist #Kharkiv" and "FC Vorskla #Poltava" fans ⚽.

The groups appear to be armed with AKM rifles, PKM machine gun and a anti-materiel rifle (seems to be a possible #US Barrett M107A1).

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1497712953726054404

🇺🇸🇲🇽 As Title 42 expires soon, migrants head for U.S.-Mexico border crossings

Hundreds of migrants are trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border and to seek the asylum in America ahead of Title 42 expiration date on Dec. 21.

Migrants from different countries are now present on the bank of Rio Grande: Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Cuba, Peru, and Venezuela. They hope to cross the border as Title 42 expires and no other regulations are yet introduced.

Under Title 42, thousands of migrants were expelled from the U.S. or not allowed to cross the state’s border.

#US #Mexico

@meriblood

🇺🇸 Biden declares disaster in California amid deadly storms

United States President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in the state of California, as the latest in a succession of storm systems brought heavy flooding to already waterlogged regions and threatened snowfalls of up to two metres (six feet).

The latest system was expected to bring “heavy lower-elevation rain, significant mountain snow, and strong winds,” with “another surge of Pacific moisture” expected on Monday, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.

#US #California

@meriblood

🇨🇳🇨🇺🇺🇸 China plans a new military training facility in Cuba

China and Cuba are negotiating to establish a new joint military training facility on the island, sparking alarm in the U.S. that it could lead to the stationing of Chinese troops and other security operations just 100 miles off Florida's coast, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday citing current and former U.S officials.

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#Cuba #US #China

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🇺🇸🇨🇺🇨🇳 US ‘would have deep concerns’ about Chinese military activities in Cuba

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken “made very clear” during his meetings in Beijing this week that the United States “would have deep concerns” about China increasing its intelligence or military activities in Cuba, the top US diplomat told reporters during a press conference in London on Tuesday.

Blinken was asked about a Wall Street Journal report published Tuesday that Beijing and Havana are discussing establishing a joint military training facility in Cuba.

“This is something we’re going to be monitoring very, very closely and we’ve been very clear about that. And we will protect our homeland, we will protect our interests,” he said.

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#US #Cuba #China

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🇺🇸🇲🇽U.S. send delegation to Mexico City for talks on fentanyl, migration

President Biden is sending a top White House official to Mexico for talks on fighting the fentanyl crisis and getting a handle on migration in the region.

Homeland Security Adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall will lead a delegation to Mexico City for talks with Mexican and Canadian counterparts on Monday and Tuesday.

One of the main topics will be ways to combat the flow of fentanyl in North America.

According to the White House, the panel will discuss ways to dismantle and prosecute criminal drug networks while examining the flow of firearms into Mexico that fuels cartels’ violence. The countries will also discuss ways to disrupt the flow of fentanyl-creating chemicals from overseas.

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#US #Mexico #fentanyl

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Reports of a #US aggression on #SyrianArabArmy points in Albukamal city on the Syrian Iraqi border under the pretext of targeting "Iranian-backed militia"

Video is not vetted

🇺🇸 Gun rights organizations sue New Mexico governor over gun violence order

The National Association for Gun Rights filed a lawsuit against New Mexico’s Democratic governor and health secretary Saturday over orders declaring gun violence a public health emergency and suspending open and concealed carry laws in cities and counties based on crime statistics.

The lawsuit, filed in the US district court for New Mexico on Saturday, lists Lujan Grisham and New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Patrick Allen as defendants.

The National Association for Gun Rights argues in the lawsuit that the orders violate the Second Amendment.

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#US

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🇺🇸🇲🇽 Train filled with migrants heading toward US southern border from Mexico

A FerroMex train out of Zacatecas, Mexico and heading toward the U.S. southern border was packed with migrants who could be heard cheering while hanging off the sides of the cars, video shows.

Border patrols along the southern border have been facing overwhelming numbers of illegal crossings.

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#US #Mexico

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